1106 - Putin fires defense minister Russia

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1106 - Putin fires defense minister Russia

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Putin fires Russian defence minister, names ally

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MOSCOW (Russian Federation) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin named Moscow region governor and long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as the new defence minister after firing Anatoly Serdyukov over a corruption scandal, the most dramatic change to the government since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term.